My Care Bridge, online Portal is now live.
'My Care Bridge', an online portal for new referrals for children and young people's autism and ADHD services in mid and South Essex, is now live.
SSIF are excited to announce that the 'My Care Bridge' portal is now live. For the past 18 months together with Parent Carer Forums from Essex and Thurrock and led by the MSE (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) we have been involved in the development of the portal and are hopeful that it will streamline the referral process for families. The portal will advise families on next steps and will also provide options for support available locally, it will also be up-to-date with information shared and what is outstanding. The portal is a test and learn initially and we hope that in the future it can be expanded further.
Please see below for the communications from MSE regarding the Portal:-
"The portal is easy to use and secure and has been developed in collaboration with healthcare and education professionals, and families.
Educational settings (including nurseries, schools, and colleges), GPs, health visitors, and other health professionals can use the portal to make referrals.
Parents and carers will be sent a login when a referral has been made and you will be able to log in to the portal to provide information for your child’s referral, track the referral and access a library of support available locally.
The portal is for children and young people who are aged up to 18 years old and registered with a GP in mid and south Essex. This includes Chelmsford, Braintree, Maldon, Castle Point, Rochford, Southend, Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock.
The portal is for new referrals only – current referrals will continue to follow existing administrative pathways.
At present, we cannot accept referrals made by parents, carers, family members or young people themselves. If you feel your child/young person requires an Autism or ADHD assessment, we encourage discussion with their education setting or GP about making a referral through My Care Bridge.
You will be emailed with access information when your referral is made by a GP, health visitor, or educational setting.
The portal been developed by the Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative, a partnership between Essex Partnership University Trust, North East London Foundation Trust and Provide Community. If you are having issues accessing the portal, please contact the service:
NELFT (Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock): childrensautismADHDassessment@nelft.nhs.uk
Provide Community (Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon): provide.cccpaediatrics@nhs.net
EPUT (Castle Point & Rochford and Southend): epunft.Lighthouse.ASD@nhs.net or epunft.Lighthouse.ADHD@nhs.net
